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Is there a way to take an ingame high res screenshot in UE4?

So I am developing a VR app in Unreal and I'd like to give the user the ability to take a screenshot in game through the click of a button.

I am currently taking a screenshot through a console command but, it doesn't allow me to change the file location of where it goes. I don't think it will be intuitive enough to users to look into the AppData folder.

Is there a way to change this file location?

Does anyone know of any other ways to take a screenshot in game in Unreal Engine and save it to a folder or something similar?

Is there a function library or anything I can utilize?

Solution

  • I found a really easy way to change where the screenshot gets saved at. I was really surprised how easy it was actually. Essentially, all you have to do is add an argument to the console command.

    HighResShot 1920x1080 filename="D:/Screenshots/screenshot.png"

    However, you need to ensure that the file name is unique, otherwise it will just overwrite the screenshot every time.

    I ended up just grabbing Time Now and appending the date inside of the screenshot name. So that it ended up looking something like this:

    HighResShot 1920x1080 filename="D:/Screenshots/screenshot_2020-6-5-8-40-01.png"